Google Sees Record Search Queries In Second Quarter, July 20, 2005

InformationWeek > Search Engine Market > Google Sees Record Search Queries In Second Quarter > July 20, 2005: "Leading search engine Google Inc. attracted a record amount of traffic in the second quarter, but rivals Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN also saw more Internet visitors, a web-tracking firm said Wednesday.

Mountain View, Calif.-based, Google ended the quarter with 37 percent of search queries, the highest percentage since ComScore Networks started tracking search engines in December 2003. In the same period a year ago, Google had 35.3 percent.

The number of search queries on Yahoo, Sunnyvale, Calif., rose to 30.4 percent from 28.2 percent in 2004, while No. 3 MSN saw an increase to 15.6 percent from 14.5 percent. Oakland, Calif.-based, Ask Jeeves, the No. 5 search engine, nearly doubled its traffic to 6.1 percent from 3.1 percent. "